muertes

/[ˈmweɾt̪es]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,097

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

muertes is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de muerte. Pronounced [ˈmweɾt̪es]. It ranks #4,097 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with muerto and mueves.

Key facts for muertes
PropertyValue
Headwordmuertes
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmweɾt̪es]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,097
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of muertes in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for muertes is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmweɾt̪es]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,097 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de muerte.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for muertes, with forms such as "meurtes", "mmuertes", and "muerets". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "muerto", "mueves", "mujeres", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is muertes, spelled M-U-E-R-T-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de muerte.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: meurtes,mmuertes,muerets,muerrtes,muertess,muertse,muerttes,muetres,muretes,umertes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for muertes

Misspelling Variants of "muertes"

meurtes7mmuertes8muerets7muerrtes8muertess8muertse7muerttes8muetres7
Misspelling Variants of "muertes"

Frequency rank: #4,097 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "muertes"?
"muertes" is spelled M-U-E-R-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmweɾt̪es].
What does "muertes" mean?
As a noun, "muertes" means: Forma del plural de muerte.
What words are commonly confused with "muertes"?
"muertes" is commonly confused with "muerto", "mueves", "mujeres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "muertes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "muertes" is [ˈmweɾt̪es]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "muertes" come from?
"muertes" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.